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Think of this cube as a time capsule. Rather than use exactly the cards that existed at the time, it seeks to capture the vibe of a soundtrack from 2009.

Chronicling my favorites from the period in my life where I played magic consistently and with much vigor and gusto, most cards in this cube are from the years 2009-2014. The cards that fall out of this time zone are either old favorites, or new cards that fit into archetypes from back then I would like to support.

I want it to feel like a soundtrack, different pieces flung together to make an amalgamation of memory, and set a backdrop for nostalgia.

Some Title Tracks

Has support for your basic weenies deck, control pieces, and support for bouncing permanents back to hand for value, along with a combo piece or two.

Plays fairly by the numbers, with classic control and tempo. If you draft the right cards, you can make use of your opponent's best cards. The color pairs best with for instants-and-sorceries-matter, Skaab Ruinator is a great reanimator target for unearth

Great removal and probably the best color to draft devotion, lots of black pips ripe for a timely Gray Merchant of Asphodel, with creatures that play well in aggro shells or aristocrats decks.

Lots of burn and small angry creatures, containing some of the best bombs in the cube. Straightforward and fun, there's rarely a better feeling than slamming a Thundermaw Hellkite.

Stompy, Rampy, but with fantastic pieces or graveyard or blink focused decks more than meets the eye in my opinion.

COMBO here's some cards to look out for:
Anything with Persist + Sacrifice outlet + Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit = Infinite ETB triggers/Deathtriggers etc

Boros Reckoner can be easily punished for his Blasphemous Act

Combo in this cube is hard to pull off, there are no great tutors, its meant to be incidental and risky to go all-in to, but the pieces of each combo are just fine on their own.

Why name this Cube after a long-forgotten soundtrack from 2009?

Short answer: it's a banger.

Long Answer: I was stealing a lot of music back then. I had this CD in my (parents') Nissan Sentra, it was loaded into my Zune, I hear it when I look at a lot of these cards. Lots of my adolescence is tied up in O.K. GO's "Shooting the Moon" and Batterskull.

Big thanks to Bones @LuckyLooter for the overview help